Life Skills; Monday, First Period [01/09].

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Considering the message that oh so handwavily went out to the students to let them know to bring any dirty clothes they have lying around with them to class today, they should not be too surprised that the danger shop that morning was not a classroom. Not even a little, much to Summer's chagrin. Because instead, it was a laundromat, but, like, a cute, retro colorful one instead of just something sort of drab and boring. Well, it was still a laundromat, but...still! She tried, okay? Without going super over the top like that one in Portugal, or something.

"Welcome back, everyone," Summer said, "and....welcome to the laundromat, I guess."

She took a moment to just sort of shake her head.

"Based on everyone's responses last week," she said, "it seems like there really is a strong interest in learning more practical things, and, well, since I definitely have laundry I need doing..."

She gestured at their current location, as if to let that speak for itself.

"Hopefully, you all do, too, and that's what we're going to be doing today. Tackling laundry, in the modern sense, so if you're used to, like, a washboard and a tub, get ready to have your minds blown. And if you're used to other people doing this for you, whether it be your parents or your servants...get ready to enjoy some of the benefits of adulthood and independence, I guess."

Sensory Deprivation Combat Training; Monday, Third Period [01/09].

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The lights in the danger shop were extremely low; in fact, the space was in almost complete darkness, except for the faint glowing and gently pulsating red lights that seemed to create a a tangle of paths in the space stretching out in front of them, a maze of lights on the floor. Ignis, of course, stood there waiting for the students, and, when his watch beeped to let him know it was time to begin, he did just that.

"Welcome back, everyone," he said, assuming they were all there, of course. "Before we get into the combat training itself, we're going to take some time to work with sensory deprivation on a more basic level, and that is with simple movement. Getting to know a space without being able to see it is not often a benefit a person can be afforded, but familiarity in how to quickly access an area even when you cannot see it is always useful. Learning to balance one's caution with the need to be quick is something that takes practice and skill, but it's not always an option. Thankfully, in this class, it will be.

"Before you now should be a course that a friend helped me design. What you should see is a vast blackness, save for the light offering the suggestion of paths; what is solid ground and what is empty space should be indistinguishable by sight; the only way to know where to go that won't have you plunging to a theoretical demise is those lights and the feel of the solid path beneath your feet.

"To familiarize yourself with the maze," he said, "I will be having you work your way through it once with the guiding lights, once with a thin blindfold, and then once more without the lights entirely, thus leaving you to depend only on feel and memory.

"And then we'll try one more time, this time, with an entirely new course, without any lights. Should you go over the edge, don't worry. The endless black pits are quite false; you'll have at worse a little bit of a tumble, and there will be a ringing sound to let me know when you have gone over an edge. And then you will simply pick yourself up, and try again."

He gave a wan sort of grin.

"If only we could all be so lucky IRL," he said, the use of the abbreviation only emphasized by the sardonic drawl. "Now, then, are there any questions before we begin?"

Practical Wilderness Survival- Second Period- Monday

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"Well, now that the first class is behind us, it is time to get into the meat of things," Dwight said as he stood before the class again that morning once everyone was gathered in the Danger Shop. "One of the most important things to do if you find yourself lost in the wilderness is to find water. And you have to make sure the water is clean and safe to drink. You can feasibly go weeks with little to no food, but without water, you will be dead in a matter of days." Dwight paused for effect and to drive home the seriousness of this one task. "So today, we are going to focus on how to find, clean, store, and conserve water when lost in the wilderness."

Interpretive Dance- Monday- 3rd period

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The students got instructions to come down to the dance studio for class, because they were actually taking this seriously.

"We're going to start out today learning some ballet," Kitty told them. "It's not the same style of dance, but you'll see a lot of the same movements, and I want you to know what you can do. Also that you can do it correctly. We're going to start with learning the foot positions, and then you're gonna get to leap around a little."